Grants we have made

Grants list

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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.

Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.

Child Poverty Action Group

Towards the core costs of their policy and advocacy work which aims to bring about positive change for families on low income and amplify their voices

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Chineke! Orchestra

Towards the costs of their touring programme featuring new and previously unperformed work by Black minority ethnic composers

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
2 years
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Towards the costs of 40 new commissions by emerging and established composers, to mark CBSO's centenary

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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COAST

Towards the core costs of their community-led work to protect the marine environment in Scotland



Category
Environment
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Cornwall Museums Partnership

Towards the costs of a 3-year Trainee Curator programme in 5 partner museums with collections of social history, visual arts and natural sciences

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£90000
Duration
3 years
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Ecology Trust

Costs towards the Unchecked project which works alongside UK civil society organisations to make the case for a properly enforced regulatory framework

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Economy

Towards the costs of launching a national network of citizen economists to develop multi media content enabling people facing disadvantage to understand and challenge the economic system

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
2 years
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English Touring Opera

Towards the core costs of a Regional Development Programme which will reach new audiences and engage more deeply with existing ones



Category
Arts
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£105,000
Duration
3 years
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English Touring Theatre

Towards the costs of the New Voices commissioning programme, to develop new plays for mid-scale touring

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2019
Grant size
£105,000
Duration
3 years
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